This is a compulsory course for the course package "Welfare
inequality and Mobility"

This specialization provides knowledge of the Danish welfare
model and policy, including knowledge of this model's
distinctive features in comparison with other models, and the
challenges of increased globalization and individualization.
Emphasis is placed on the distribution of welfare in relation to,
inter alia, income, education, labor market attachment, health and
consumption. Specialization provides knowledge about welfare at the
individual level, across generations (eg social and economic
mobility) and at the macro level (eg social cohesion).
Specialization focuses on welfare distribution in relation to,
inter alia, class, gender, age and ethnicity, as it deals with the
consequences of failure welfare in different parts of the
population. Specialization discusses relations between welfare and
labour market models in Denmark and in other countries.
Specialization focuses on analyzing conditions and living
conditions of both the so-called standard population and for
vulnerable groups such as the poor, long-term unemployed and
socially marginalized families and individuals. The teaching
focuses on understanding how social factors affect communities and
individuals' welfare , and how individual circumstances and
choices can affect the situation of each person or group is in. The
specialization offers insights into how specific welfare policies
affect people's living conditions, and how the '
system' meets public/users in various forms of welfare
provision.

Teaching will be organised
as lectures combined with different types of studentpresentation.
Students are expected to work on minor assigments during the
course. A high level of studentinvolvement is expected.

Individual or group. A portfolio assignment is defined as a
series of short assignments during the course that address one or
more set questions and feedback is offered during the course. All
of the assignments are submitted together for assessment at the end
of the course. The portfolio assignments must be no longer than 30
pages. For group assignments, an extra 15 pages is added per
additional student. Further details for this exam form can be found
in the Curriculum and in the General Guide to Examinations at
KUnet.

Exam registration requirements

Sociology students must be enrolled under MSc Curriculum 2015 to
take this exam.